Usually means: Records messages during your absence.
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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word answering machines:

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  1. answering machines: Merriam-Webster
  2. answering machines: Collins English Dictionary
  3. answering machines: Vocabulary.com
  4. answering machines: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. answering machines: Wiktionary
  6. Answering machines: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Answering machines: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See answering_machine as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (answering machine)

noun:  (telephony) A device that automatically records voice mail from unanswered telephone calls.
▸ Also see answering_machine


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